Box-cover fastener.



A. BRUNNERT. BOX COVER FASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19,1913.

1,098,094. Patented May 26, 19%

WITNESSES:

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' Anton Brvnner't' A TTORNEY. I

ANTON BRUNNERT, OF OLD MONROE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO PETER HENNINGSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOX-COVER FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON BRUNNERT, citizen of the United States, residing at Old Monroe, in the county of Lincoln and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and view of a box with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my invention with parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4. is a horizontal cross-section on line ll of Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide a cover fastener for shipping boxes, freight cars or any other container in which articles of manufacture are packed or shipped, that can be operated without a key.

A further object is to provide a fastener that will serve as a seal for the container thus making it possible to detect any tampering with the contents thereof.

The advantages of the invention will be apparent from a detailed description of the same which is as follows Referring to the drawings, B represents a box or container provided with my invention. On the front face of the box B is secured the plate or card-holder l which is provided with an opening 0, thus exposing the card C which rests securely in the pocket or depression p of the plate 1. Also secured to the box 13 and interposed between the wall thereof and the plate 1 is a plate 2 which is provided with a hinged gate 3, which when closed is flush with the surface of the plate 2 so as not to interfere with the passage of the card C in and out of the depression 70 of the plate 1. Secured to the lid L (or door as the case may be) of the container is the angle-plate 4, the overhanging portion or leg of which terminates in an extension-flange or lip 5. The lip 5 is adapted tofit snugly over the upper edge of the plate 1 thereby covering the open edge of the pocket p in the plate 1, and rendering it impossible to remove the card C. The card C,

of course, is slipped into the pocket 79 when the lid'is up. A latch 6 is pivotally secured about a pin 7 to the lid L, and, upon closing the lid, the latch enters the hollow casing 8 which is secured on the inside of the box. The hollow casing 8 is provided with a flexed spring 9 and akeeper or pin 10 so that when the lid is fully closed the spring 9 snaps the latch 6 against the pin 10 thereby locking the lid. This latch however, is well understood in the art, and the applicant need not adhere to this form of latch as any otlier form would serve his purpose equally we 1.

The gate 3 in the plate 2, it will be observed, is directly in front of the latch 6, when the same is locked, so the latch can be readily released when the gate is open. But

it will also be observed that before the lid is closed and the container locked, the card C is slipped into the pocket 19 of the plate 1; this card then covers up the gate 3 (since the card is interposed between plates 1 and 2) and seals the container against opening. It is therefore apparent that before the latch can be released the card must be destroyed as it can in no other way be removed. If the container is used for shipping purposes the card C may be a shipping tag or the consignors card bearing a trade-mark. The consignee, upon receiving the goods, can readily see by inspecting the card, whether the lock has been tampered with en route. If my invention is applied to a freight car the card 0 may contain whatever information is necessary to identify the car.

Having described my inventiom'what 1 claim is 1. In combination with a container and cover therefor, a suitable plate or cardholder secured to a wall of said container, a card adapted to be placed therein, a latch pivotally secured to said cover and oscillating in a plane parallel to the wall carrying the plate and adapted to lock opposite said plate, a gate communicating with said latch whereby said latch can be released, said gate being interposed between said card and the wall of the container.

2. In combination with a container and cover therefor, a suit-able card-holder secured to a wall of said container, and having an opening in the center thereof, a card adapted to be placed behind said opening, a

suitable latch secured to said cover and movable in a plane parallel to the aforesaid container wall, and means for locking the latch opposite the opening in said card-holder, there being an opening interposed between said card and Wall of container, through which opening said latch can be released.

3. In combination with a container, a hinged lid or cover therefor, a card-holder secured to the container wall against which the free edge of the lid closes, said holder being provided with an opening for exposing the card, and with a pocket for the insertion of the card, said pocket opening toward the lid, a member on the lid for closing over the pocket to prevent unauthorized removal of the card, a plate securedto the wall of the container behind the card-holder and Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. (3.

provided with an opening opposite the card when the latter is deposited in its pocket, a gate for closing said opening, a casing in the container wall, a hinged latch carried by the lid and adapted to enter said casing with a closing movement of the lid, a keeper in the casing for engaging said latch with a closing movement of the lid, and a spring in the casing fOr automatically forcing the latch into engagement with the keeper, the parts operating as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON BRUNNERT.

Witnesses EMIL STAR K, FANME E. WEBER.

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